Apr 242008

This one goes out to my friend J.

From T3.

Hardly the usual tuxedoed affair, but a night at the opera isn’t what it used to be. At least not if you head to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on May 13, where the conductor may look a little more rigid than usual.

Honda’s amazing ASIMO robot will conduct a special performance of “Impossible Dreams” to open a concert designed to draw people’s attention to the DSO’s music education programmes.

Which of the following can not be digitally simulated?

A. A somewhat rigid conductor.

robot3_w300.jpg

B. A Neumann u87.

neumann_u87ai_alt1.jpg

C. A CNN on-air personality walking around Central Park with a pocketful of meth and a rope…ahem…

richard-quest.jpg